I know you readers out there are anxious to learn more about me every single day.  Last week, I was fortunate enough to be interviewed by a friendly Canadian personal finance blog called Money Energy.  In this interview you can learn more about where Weakonomics came from, a little bit more about how it feels [...]

Happy Saturday my friends.  I want to introduce you to a fantastic blog called No Debt Plan.  My friend Kevin runs this blog and has a been doing a great service to personal finance readers for some time called the Subscriber Swap Saturday. No Debt Plan is about getting and staying out of debt with [...]

Okay there isn’t really much of a difference between personal finance in the US and personal finance in Canada, but bear with me.  Ever since Robin Williams referred to Canada as “a loft apartment over a really great party” and asked “how can you take an economic crisis seriously if the currency is called the [...]

Finally! After 16 months of Weakonomics I’m finally giving away something!  I’m very excited, not only because this is my first giveaway, but because of what I’m giving away.  Last week many of you read my review of Biography of the Dollar, well now I’m giving you a copy.  And no it won’t be my [...]

President Obama, along with his team, have made promises to the American people (and hilariously to China) that they are going to get spending and the deficit under control.  Ignoring the financial cancers the Obama administration inherited it’s still too soon to judge them on their promises, so this post will not be a complaint [...]

Swipe it, charge it, blink it, whatever you’re doing, that business card sized piece of plastic is the centerfold of much of our lives.  Some people have sworn off all credit cards and so you’ll think this class isn’t for you, you’re wrong.  If you even use a debit card you should at least pay [...]

I alluded to this last week, I’m going to be giving away my copy of Biography of the Dollar at some point in the near future.  I’m still working out the kinks of giving something away but promise it is coming.  You can prepare for the contest by subscribing to the blog, and checking back [...]

This is a follow-up to my series last year, Universal Healthcare Week.  My posts on the pros and cons of a universal health care system continue to be popular pages on Weakonomics so I thought I’d touch on the subject again.  For a quick refresh, universal health care is a system of providing health coverage [...]